Chapter 11:
The ceremony part 2.
Ursa couldn't believe how good the food she ate was, never in her life had she tasted such flavours or textures in food before. She was used to simple dishes but she wondered if she as a now Princess would eat like this all the time or if this was for the wedding celebration.
Ursa sat back trying the new sweeter wine a waitress had brought her moments ago, she smiled at the grape like taste, she watched people eat and look to them, she was an actress she should be used to people watching her, yet she looked down at her food with awkward smiled. She could hear people saying she was cute and beautiful she was and how the Prince has married well, she wiped her mouth feeling rather full, the wine had been a sweet delight and she was trying to think of what to say to her new husband after her emotional break down before.
" The food is delightful so is this wine, although I don't think I could eat enough bite." Ursa complimented joyfully
She rubbed her stomach a bit, she wanted to do something to work off the food, she wanted to mingle and dance, she looked as Oazi who still drank his wine but he offered an smile to her.
"I'm glad your enjoying it, once people start giving us there congratulations, we shall dance for a bit then have a wedding painting done. " Oazi replied warmly
Ursa frowned slightly at the prospect of the painting yet she noticed how he took in all the admiration of the people, how pleased he looked at the attention he was getting. She figured with how his parents treated him that he didn't get a lot of attention, she wanted him to look good to his people so she took his arm and leant her head into it. He looked to her with a grin as he heard how loving they were and he took her hand a bit and stroked it, she was acting the loving wife, he was acting the loving husband too, she knew what was expected of them in public in private they had allot to work on.
As people finished their food they started to come forward and bow toward them offering their congratulating to them. Some people offered comments about how lucky Oazi was, how lucky she was. Her parents came with a wedding gift and put there hands together as Ursa smiled as she looked at the gift. It was two dragons one blue and the other red the dragons bodies were shaped into a form of a heart.
They bowed forward and left her daughter with her new husband, Ursa held the gift to Oazi grinning in excitement.
" Aren't dragons these cutest, I was born in the year of the dragon so I have always been fascinates by them. I wish they weren't extinct I would have loved to ride on one, I heard even your grand father Sozin did that." Ursa explained excited
He put the gift down on the table with gentleness and he did like it but he rather kill a dragon for his title 'Dragon' then ride one, yet he had learnt Ursa was born in a year of the dragon.
" So my wife is a dragon, maybe I'll call you my 'Dragon Princess.' " Oazi lightly joked
Ursa blushed as she gripped his arm shyly but then asked a question he wasn't expecting.
" What animal do you like? " she asked softly
He was going to answer her when he noticed his brother with his goofy smile on his face as he held his son in one hand and placed a parcel on the table with was tied up with cloth.
" A gift for the new couple, I put some of my favourite relaxing tea in there." Iroh lightly explained
He winked as he walked off chuckling to himself, Oazi sighed knowing that his brother intended the tea for, Ursa sat with a shy blush as he caught her fiddling with her fingers and his cursed his brother for reminding her about tonight. The last of the people came to congratulation them. , he took her hand and kissed it and as servants took the gifts so they could he placed on his room safely, he took her into the mist of people as music started.
Ursa knew the basics of the dance they were to preform as she had seen it back home, yet he lead her now, she was amazed by his skill and she wondered of he had practice this for her. She saw no enjoyment in face as they danced, it seemed dancing wasn't his favourite thing to do.
He guided her into preforming moves similar to fire bending, he smiled how as he moved her back to a safe distance and preformed a true fire bending moving to create a flame in his hand, she watched the move and Fire Bend with enjoyment. He made his flame small in his hands and went to his wife and put the flame into one hand and took her hand with his free hand.
He ran the flame over her hand and held the flame in place before her, she watched how the flame reflected his breathing, it grew and shrank with each breath, it reflected his life and he spoke now in a soft regal tone.
" My flame is yours now. "
She knew the meaning, it meant he would protect her with his strength, yet there was a deeper meaning, it meant that he belong to her now, his flame represented his heart and that his heart belonged to her.
She couldn't offer him a flame back as she wasn't a Fire Bender, she was going to just state it, but he winked a bit at her as he focused and she jumped as he used his Firebending to make a flame appear in her hands. He made a shuttle gesture to do as he did, she shakily took her hand to him, it was his flame yet it seemed he wanted people to assume she too could Fire Bend.
" My flame is your, my love. " Ursa called out sweetly
She knew she could call him her love now they were married, the fire disappeared as he put his hand around her as they danced a bit more as people said what a cute couple they were, how perfect they were for each other.
The party faded and it was time for them to get their royal portrait done , she stood beside him as put his arm around her back, the artist told them not to smile as it would take awhile to paint them. She watched the artist paint, they had to stay silent and perfectly still, they gave a memory of this day forever and she breathed nervously a little as the time was getting closer for her and Oazi to be as one in his room.